An assessment of the dendrochronological potential of two Podocarpus species

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 747-750

  February, Ed C ^a   Stock, W D ^b  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronology; Cross dating; Dendrochronology; Podocarpus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

PODOCARPUS;

EID: 0031772450     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398674919061     Document Type: Article

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